During an appearance on the NBC television program Meet the Press, Specter said he would also like to see the president reach beyond the federal court system - the traditional training ground for members of the high court.
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The Obama administration said it had no choice but to prosecute Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in thefederalcourtsystem.
Thefederalcourtsystem, long on tradition and resistant to change, needs to join the overwhelming majority of state courts which allow video coverage of judicial proceedings.